Postinfectious Leukoencephalitis Complicating Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 40 (2), 109-113
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1983.04050020071016
Abstract
• Neuropathological findings in a patient with fatal neurological complications due to infection withMycoplasma pneumoniaewere similar to those seen in postinfectious encephalitis and acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis. This case supports the hypothesis that immune mechanisms play a role in the pathogenesis of neurological symptoms during mycoplasmal infections.Keywords
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